Alma Short Film, Jonatan Catalan Navarrete (3D)

[visionmaster2]

i saw it last week ! amazing work guys !

is everything render in Maxwell ? ( how much time/frame ?)

front page stuff :buttrock:

[proton]

Brilliant! Love the style and story. Feels like a classic Twilight Zone.

Congrats to all involved.... I hope the short gets plugged!

[Neutrino]

Sweet story! I love it a lot! Keep it up to givin us more beautiful shorts in future :bounce:
Congrats :beer:

[Creieru]

front page stuff, cg choice award... name it whatever you want...
top notch stuff... saw te picture on maxwell page... incredible...

[Alkpwn]

I saw this on motionagrapher.com, beautiful piece!

[Rysh]

:love:... I realy LOVE it!

[brunomorin]

Beautiful!

[pedroconti]

i'm your fan! :)

[Ville]

This is an absolute perfect piece. From story to final product, everything is beautiful! Congratulations, I'm in awe...

cheers
Daniel

[K0mba]

Enjoyed watching this, good luck guys.

[ilusiondigital]

We want this in frontpage.. and also an award....

Just beautiful!

All the best and congratulations for all the team

Saludetes compañero!!

Victor

[simyevil2010]

really good work i like it the textures is very good , i like it the modeling is very wonderful

good work by the moive is very nice

good luck 4 ever :applause:

[PI3c3]

Very good job guys... :)

One of the best short film I've ever seen... :) :applause:

[Silverwing]

Wow amazing. Really awesome Work!
I always wondered where this great picture on the maxwell page comes from... now I know!
Really anazing guys! Thumbs up!

Cheers Silverwing

[shtl]

:)
Made me smile! Very nice work, nice design too. Sweet kids. Ground tiles are cool too. And cloth shaders are very very nice.

Must have took forever to render. Guess you used a renderfarm?

Didn't watch the movie yet haha! Going to!

But stills shot are so nice! Congrats guys!

[mimo8]

verrry nice short
the character design is amazing. I think it is a hard job to make a kid appealing but not too sweet - imho often major animation movies fail at this point.

its also great how the feeling of being inside the puppet works.
it reminded me of feeling numb, when you wake up after a nap and dont know where you are. great subtile reference to a archaic sensation within each one of us.

congratulations

[twdsgn]

:buttrock: Your best work.

I love it!

[kiranreloaded007]

looks like it was made by Disney :applause:

[Sytron]

Thanks for all comments!!! and here you have some links for high res renders :D

http://almashortfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ALMA_04w.jpg
http://almashortfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ALMA_01w.jpg
http://almashortfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ALMA_00.jpg

is everything render in Maxwell ? ( how much time/frame ?)

Yes everything with Maxwell, and about the render times was like 1 or 3h for the backgrounds and 30min more or less for the character. :buttrock:

Must have took forever to render. Guess you used a renderfarm?

Sure, we worked with RenderRocket a very professional renderfarm :)

** edited links :)**

[Creieru]

the links doesn`t work :D

[DizzyJ]

What a joy. Everything works so well: the style, the story, the animation. Alma is like a little Christmas present. I hope this gets a huge front page plug. Thank you.

[murdock64]

It looks very good, congratulations 5*

[visionmaster2]

thank you for the answer and links !

it's amazing that your render dont look like a classic maxwell render.
well done !

[Arkaiko]

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:

I loved it!

[Mrguy]

This is amazing! Gives me such a drive to work on my projects. A-mazing! Can't finish work fast enough to get home and model and light.

[luigi]

jonathan superb work as always , i show the short the other day i was amazed.

great to see what all you guys hard work result.

front page material :)

[simmsimaging]

Amazing work.

b

[alichenari]

nice work.

[HerrMacintosh]

One of the best animations I saw this year. Exceptional work :bowdown: . Great story, characters and animation :thumbsup: Hope you get the chance of doing a longer film.

[karaoke]

One of the most wonderfull short films i have ever seen ... realy stunning work ! :buttrock:

[shtl]

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Yes everything with Maxwell, and about the render times was like 1 or 3h for the backgrounds and 30min more or less for the character. :buttrock:

Sure, we worked with RenderRocket a very professional renderfarm :)

...

Thanks for feedback. Well, indeed pretty long, but result is sweet. Lighting is really nice.

Finally watched the video, and I'm also very impressed by Alma's expressions! I guess it would have been so much less good for the story line if she had not so much life on her face....

Story is kind of paradoxical for 3D animation puppeteers. =D In this Art nouveau /Gaudi's shop, on a snowy spain... Between creepy and sweet childish. Melancholy? =D

You all did great work, for a very nice little film. Congrats to you all.

[reinier1980]

Super!
I really love the story, feel of the movie. The overall quality is very professional.
Keep doing these things!

[svenjorjensen]

Great¡¡¡
absolutelly good work man¡¡¡

[logeshv]

very nice film... i liked alma's expressions...very well done...congrats for all of you who did this...as said before...a nice gift for christmas....would like to see some hi res images as well like the one u showed earlier...just to have to keep looking and admire ur work....:)
:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::thumbsup:

[Pheno]

Thanks for sharing.
That was a really nice short, every aspect were so well done (animation, direction lighting etc etc...). A real pleasure to watch from the beginning to the end.

[Sytron]

woooo thanks for the front page!! and thanks for all comments! :deal: :bowdown:

I have more promotional stuff, I will post it later! :)

Jonatan Catalan Navarrete

[Chokmah]

Really great job done by all the team .

Congrats for the front page :thumbsup:

[speco]

its superb

i hav only 1 question
y u ppl took 2 years to finish this. cos as i see u ppl are very talented.

[rokandic]

Really beautiful short film, from story to animation to final render!

Great work!

[Paul4wood]

So beautifully realised from every aspect!
Congratulations on the awards and thank you so much for sharing with us.

[undoz]

This is one of the best short I've seen, if not the best.
There are so many lovely small touches and references that create a lot of depth.
The character design is out of this world, very very well done guys!

[Liutkus]

Really awesome and kinda creepy animation! 5 stars from me!

[j00st81]

bravo! poor girl(s) :D

[Molte]

Simply great!

[alejit0]

Excelente, desde el principio capto toda mi atencion, el personaje me cautivo la ternura y curiosidad ,; gran trabajo de mucha calidad. Hace tiempo sigo el trabajo de muchos quienes participaron en este corto, de los cuales he aprendido trucos y tecnicas.

Gracias por brindarnos la opotunidad de apreciar tan excelente trabajo, son unos maestros en lo que hacen.

Alejandro Albarracin

[Zeoyn]

Excellent!!
Great animation and sense of storytelling!
:bowdown:

[fleety]

My good friend Luis has been talking about this FOREVER! I am glad I finally got to see it and happy it turned out as amazing as it did. I love the rendereing and comp work its brilliant, very clean.

DAVE FLEET

[Klasz]

wonderfull

lot of gaudi references ;)

[Kickflipkid687]

Wow....that was ... amazing! The lighting was very well done, it almost looked real. Animation/story/audio/shaders all looked great. Awesome job guys.

[webhead]

Beautiful looking piece of animation. Creepy, but beautifully realized.

[TACK]

Thank you very much for your comments!

I´m so glad of having been part of this shortfilm :)

Jonatan did an awesome work, on modeling and textures of the shop.. but the lighting is so amazing great! :)

I had the luck to make the model of Alma and her facial rig, as well some of the animations and helped here and there to Rodrigo and Jony until the end ... wow 2 years!

Obviously it wasnt fulltime, but we spent a good number of hours on it, always we had some free minutes we came back to work a bit on the shortfilm.. so much stuff to do!

I guess Rodrigo will start answering some interviews explaining how was the process, so I let him do it :)

Cheers to the other talented artists who worked here, it was a dream team :D

Merry Christmas!

[kgaulin]

that was both creepy and beautiful. congrats to all who were a part of this...well done!

[Maxter]

Beautiful... just beautiful!
Congrats to all of you who made possible this great piece:thumbsup:

[weerawan]

This is amazing short animation film.The rendering look crazy.The story line make a little scare for me.@_@.But overall is really really excellent.
Look like we have more and more Maxwell render used in animation lately.And result is eye blown stuff.

[kiittea]

oh yeah, I saw this on Motionographer last week... and I really liked it. I was really impressed by the texturing in the whole piece. watta work .. Great job guys :bounce:

[MugenTsukiyomi]

This was Amazing!!

[Boucha]

Lovely Story & Sweet Stylization :thumbsup:

[TraceR]

Saw this in the Animation Festival at SIGGRAPH this year and loved it! Was one of the shorts that stayed in my mind for a while.

Great job! :thumbsup:

[artemmironov]

Wow amazing work !!! I love this story. :)

[Fatarion]

Nice work, amazing animation

[olive2d]

Waw! very very nice!
Love, story, animation, render!
beautifull!

[Nistarn]

Amazing work, thank you so much for the courtesy of sharing it, its so well build, story too. Fantastic. Congratulations to all.

[phoenix]

Very intersting, and quite nice work

Regards

[Vasilis-Kun]

Wow! its beautiful!

Es cojonudo tio!

[animoto]

Wow! fantastic!
Muy buen trabajo, me ha gustado mucho! :drool:

[Voron]

Day after Christmas at my parents house while checking out the front page, my 3y/o nephew gingerly ran to me in curiousity. He pointed eagerly asking "Whats that? Whats that?"
We watched "Alma" together. It was a bonding moment.

-Many Thanks
Tino

[alaa-afifah]

amazing work all of you but i feel he will be more good if you was fill it with animation it will be better and not count on camera movement to much
keep...up

[xxInfinityArtxx]

tat is totally AWESOME, can i ask u 1 question?

since your background have a lot building, how u render it? i mean hw's your computer performance?

i model a castle and use 4096pixel map, and i cant render it out, it pop out a window n say not enough memory to process, my computer is i5 processor, 4gb ram...

but still facing the rendering problem, can share some technique to make this animation?

THX

[poltek]

Day after Christmas at my parents house while checking out the front page, my 3y/o nephew gingerly ran to me in curiousity. He pointed eagerly asking "Whats that? Whats that?"
We watched "Alma" together. It was a bonding moment.

-Many Thanks
Tino
I don't think kids above 5 should be allowed to watch it for the nature of the story line, no matter how good the animation it.

[joecyriac]

One of the most beautiful pieces I've seen on this site. Congratulations to all the artists involved. You've made an amazing film.

[chrisbyk]

Really inspiring and beautiful work!
Congratulations to whoever worked on this.

[Wongedan]

oooww 2 years of work, very2 nice!
its very inspirational and high quality animation + renders

[noizFACTORY]

Congratulations to everyone involved! Such high quality output. Your talent and hard work is coming through beautifully in this film.

I also like the subtle nuances in the camera work, especially the ever-so-slight motion in even the static shots. The composition, depth and the colours were very cinematic. All of you truly deserve all the accolades and more!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Gord-MacDonald]

Creepy as hell but totally amazing. I think this is one of the best - animated shorts I have ever seen.

[TACK]

Day after Christmas at my parents house while checking out the front page, my 3y/o nephew gingerly ran to me in curiousity. He pointed eagerly asking "Whats that? Whats that?"
We watched "Alma" together. It was a bonding moment.

-Many Thanks
Tino

My son is 4 years old now and he has seen the shortfilm a lot of times along the process, he is his fan number one! But after watch it he always is around 10 minutes asking why..? and what...? and where...? jejeje

[tharrell]

Just wanted to pop in here and say how much I enjoyed your film. The art direction and overall tone were just exquisite.

This and French Roast were far and away my favorites from the Siggraph electronic theatre this year... and there was an awful lot of astonishingly great work on display.

Kudos, and best of luck!

--T

[coffee-turtle]

Awesome job on the film. The rendering and animation are superb! Very smooth. The story was very good and you set a most convincing mood.I felt like a kid again! Thanks!!

[andrewpyott]

Awesome short! The atention to detail is amazing (mind blowing seeing the amount of "dolls" just sitting on the back shelf and not getting much attention at all, but still incredibly detailed). The story is charming, and makes you think at the end of it.

Habeis hecho un trabajo cojonudo. De verdad que parece que está hecho por uno de los grandes estudios, con bolsas de pasta ahí para dar y tirar. Demuestra que el dinero no lo es todo, y que con talento y perseverancia, se hacen cosas memorables. Un abrazo.

[switchblade327]

I don't think kids above 5 should be allowed to watch it for the nature of the story line, no matter how good the animation it.

I think that's for parents to decide. My Mom is Twilight Zone junkie and didn't hide my eyes from any of it so the story and mood of this animation is especially cool for me (though if I hadn't seen the "Talking Tina" episode, the dolls here might not have been quite so terrifying). I love that it feels so playful but it's actually pretty damn dark.

Beautifully executed, guys! ¡Excelente trabajo!

[JMas]

Great work!!!

Fantastic animation!! Fantastic light!! Fantastic character!!... and Fantastic people!!

A pleasure to participate in the project.

Merry christmas!!

[Djampa]

WOW !

Impressive ! Breathtaking awesome!

Congratulations to the whole team for this top notch masterpiece. :)

[sharpdirections]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this short. Great animation, lighting, music, and story. Very nice work!

[Capel]

I don't think kids above 5 should be allowed to watch it for the nature of the story line, no matter how good the animation it.

Yeah, God forbid a child watches a piece of animation that actually makes them think. You don't give 5 year old's enough credit, in my opinion.

But back on topic...

This short was incredible. You sir are a fine storyteller. I love how just as she's reaching for the doll, you tell us what is going to happen. Perfect timing and excellent storytelling. And as for the animation... I'm speechless.

Brilliant stuff from every department. Congrats!

[bai52300]

:cool: 好厉害，我喜欢你的作品 :thumbsup:

[TP]

WOW, best animated short i ever saw , the detail ,the textures , and the render are just beyond amazing . just beautiful :bowdown: :buttrock:

[comic-craig]

Great concept/story- and well executed. I sat back to watch a cute holiday short and was delivered a total creep out. Thank you- its a classic.

Craig

[reynante]

That is such a masterpiece! Well-told and well-illustrated. Tingling indeed. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful short. ^_^

-Reyn

[nevercg]

lively! boy? girl?

[Faizmantaher]

Just one word 'stunning'.:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

[ipranawake]

I am really stunned with the experience guys .... Great rendering work .....

[mrRIDDICK]

great work!

[enishi]

Really impresive work ¡¡ I like the look your choose for the short film. Its really good animated,....on the other hand the final is hard, I suposed the girl was lucky, but she didnt.....anyway, its a fantastic work in all ways. Congratz

[Sytron]

wooo thanks for the award!! :bowdown: and for all comments too! :love:

thanks to all and happy new year :thumbsup:

Jonatan Catalan Navarrete

[zenonedomenico]

I love this short video!!!
five stars from me!!!

:applause::applause::applause:

[stankovigorro]

This is one of the best shorts I have ever seen! Outstanding work :eek:

[javiermolina]

I love it, very nice work, excellent. Very professional. Congratulations.




http://www.javierhmolina.blospot.com

[Atwooki]

Really top notch... Oustanding short in every way! Many congrats to all those involved :)

Chris

[Larry_g1s]

Wow...eerily great work. lol Very nicely done.

[Destloy]

Very nice short!
I especially like winter ones.

I have a question, I hope You can answer.
How was the window material done ?
Is the edge chill just an alpha ?

Thank You and Good Luck!
Kris

[tomNL]

Totally supernatural!

[max2]

wow .great work:) i love it

[NCdeIgnis]

I saw it week ago :-)
Beautiful work ... i like how characters are design

[StephanRODRIGUEZ]

I really enjoyed seeing this short, everything is perfect and I immediately downloaded it to put in my personal short anims collection.
Congrats to all the team. :bowdown:

Stéphan

[guadzou]

Great great work !

[marcotronic]

Congrats! Your film is really outstanding and brilliant. One of the best short movies I´ve ever seen. :applause:

Marco

[The4thAggie]

Is there a link to a downloadable 720P/1080P video. I'd like to archive this in my "Inspirational 3D short stories" folder.

[bkravi]

One of the Best , I give it 5 star for story and quality

[RafaTer]

woooow!!! Amazing short!!! Congratulations from Spain ;) Muy bueno!!!

[tsurubaso]

Great Work!!!

Lots of things are really good.

But the work on the sounds are really great.

Congratulations.


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Selection of bookstores in Tokyo for English reader
http://www.tobooks.jp/recommend_bookstore/

[victoshi]

I love this kind of rendering.sprightly and vivid color ,perfect details, and I really want to know some render technicals for this animation .

[DaliBreath]

Very amazing!
Especially color and sounds, very nice :thumbsup:

For me (purely personal opinion), miss innocent expressionon the faces of the child what could makes she more engaging ( more "big eyes" and less eyebrow frown ^^).

Congrats!

[HenrikLundberg]

its really good but WTF at people saying its a sweet story, its so dark man and scary. I mean toys are a special thing to children and it turns them into traps for children. Really chilling story, made more so by how adorable the art style is.

Great work but again
Not Sweet
Very Dark

[3mm]

great in every aspect of production,i see great names in design team like sergio Pablos and Carlos grangl.....

congorates to every one involved in this great work.

[parlmc]

congrats everybody, some shoots really stunned me for the light and the mood.
even my mother stood scared till the end of credits.
est!est!est! [5stars]

[Pepnoi]

My best regards for all the team in the Oscars. Great work (anim, lighting, modelling....) Five stars. Felicidades por la ilum, tio ;)

[husskySpike]

Excellent! :banghead:

[dines]

Great outstandig work! Really stunning piece of art...
I little creepy, though... I knew, I knew it...
those dolls where alive back in the days (my auntie was collecting those ( back in the days))...

Thumbs up!

[msmbrush]

shooooooooo cute :) i like it :thumbsup:

[Silpheedx]

Flipp'n Amazingly Cute
Very awsome piece
:applause:

[WQY]

Very good!!!

[tvining]

Awesome--great look and character design, and nice simple, complete story. Love the art nouveau storefront, too.

[guubir]

:thumbsup:

good job!

Li hai!

Strong!

[PavelPetrenko]

Great work!

[Zookoo]

Cool, I give it 5 stars! I love the surprise ending and the whole look :D Awesome stuff!

[YasushAzush]

great guys!!

watching this ,is so motivational for me to work and produce stuff ,but just wanna ask you a simple question .

we all have and had some times when we really want to do a work but we don't have strong motivation to do so or in many cases we start and leave the job for some reason .

how do you guys achieve to do this and finish the project ?

thanks

[Sytron]

Is there a link to a downloadable 720P/1080P video. I'd like to archive this in my "Inspirational 3D short stories" folder.

No, no yet, the only way for see the shortfilm is from the vimeo link and only for limited time


I have a question, I hope You can answer.
How was the window material done ?
Is the edge chill just an alpha ?


Yes is a shader with some opacity channels, the snow, the dirty, nothing special


we all have and had some times when we really want to do a work but we don't have strong motivation to do so or in many cases we start and leave the job for some reason .

how do you guys achieve to do this and finish the project ?


Yes is a good question :) we had some days with a strong motivation and another days with less motivation :P is normal, but when you work with a team, with friends and very good artists, if you don´t have motivation, when you see the work from the other guys, you will have motivation in seconds xD

[PhuongDPh]

great story! I like the render
I thought Alma is a girl http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon10.gif

[subhendu3d]

Really really great work.:thumbsup:

[instruct9r]

Great story! Great idea! Great Movie!

:applause:

[Justame2002]

Great work, nice story, always like those animated shorts

[ilusiondigital]

I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E

...but one "minor" failure... the left glove appears 2 times when the girl is converted in doll... and.... where is the right glove xDDDD.

All the best, and again great piece.


Victor

[glxtrix]

Beautiful!

[flaviomonteiro]

sweet job, very beautiful!

[ja3d]

I love the animation and the history, congratulations!

[gerardo]

... the left glove appears 2 times when the girl is converted in doll... and.... where is the right glove xDDDD.

The right glove is in the dolls shelf, but girl has both gloves in the 'immersion collage'. Guess the right glove is an additional detail that the girl is within the doll. Short film has several 'hidden details' even from the beginning.

We can see for example a sad or scary face in the entrance arc

http://imagic.ddgenvivo.tv/forums/del1.png

We can read also the words peligro fatal (fatal danger) in the posters on the wall (some of them resemble to missing children posters). Can be seen also the word pozor (which means attention or warning, I think).

http://imagic.ddgenvivo.tv/forums/del2.png


Even the name of the girl alma (which means soul) and the way in which it's isolated from the rest of the other children names looks like an anticipation of what will happen later.

The design of the art nouveau storefront resemble also to the abstraction of a monster

http://imagic.ddgenvivo.tv/forums/del3.png

It's indeed an interesting character & environment design.



Gerardo

[ilusiondigital]

no, Gerardo... look at this picture... 2 left gloves.. osea, el mismo repetido

[gerardo]

You are right.. es un guante izquierdo. While it might be on purpose (the left glove that the little girl wearing could have been converted in to a toy when she was captured) a right glove would have an easier and direct reading. Anyway, there are interesting details.



Gerardo

[Jussslic]

Had the pleasure of seeing this at Siggraph, and though there were a couple shorts I actually enjoyed more as far as the story went, this was by far my favorite piece stylistically.

Everything about the look of this film was perfect in my eyes, from concept to modeling, texturing, and lighting. Amazing work!

[ICB]

I have seen a lot of times this short in the last few days. Every time I see I enjoy it a lot.

The first time you see it, is the best. The next times, you have another perspective, and this lets you to discover a lot of details all around, like the toy on the bike who wants to escape (really awesome) or how looks the front of the shop.

I remember when I saw the image of the girl looking through the glass of the door long time ago. At that moment my first impression of the movie was a soft story with a happy ending, but this story and ending have really surprised me, I love it. I remember the sound of the eyes moving at the end of the story... Great!

I like it all about the character, the face is lovely, with those big eyes and those tooths coming out of her mouth. And I really like this big wool cap!

Finally, I would want to mention the design of the toys. There are too many toys, with different styles, but I like them all. I would want to see closely all of them. All the shop is amazing, and I really like how you used the lighting inside.

And of course you did a great job with the rendering, lighting, animation...

Nothing else, just congratulations to all the team!! :applause:

[HitBit911]

impressive animation

[Stalllone]

Great one :D Very beautiful made! and it me laugh :D I really liked the little details in it.

[jingk100]

It's amazing:applause: :deal:

[ZawZaw]

awesome :bounce:
well done!

[PaulDubbelman]

Seen it, loved it.
This is a very impressive achivement, not just as an animation but on a technical level. It shows that maxwell can be used (extremely well) for animation, even if the render times are extremely high.

Very impressed, loved it.
If you have a mailing list, put me on it.

[Helios7]

ahh, the last animated story i have watched today before i hit the sack

i'm glad it was because i love it! well done

[VinceDN]

Now, I post here maybe twice in a year, only when I see something really great :)

Amazing short! I could ramble on about the lighting, modeling, viewpoints, texture etc etc but there's nothing to say really, it was all perfect. One thing that bothered me though was the story (and yes I'm a little soft) normally with this kind of style I'd expect a cuddly and good ending, but this short sliiiightly freaked me out. Then again, same reason I never watch a lot of horror movies :D

A winner is you!

[Silpheedx]

finaly got to see it. Many many BRAVO's! Beautifull rendering, animation, music, everything.
:bowdown:

[marque-pierre]

Story reminds me a lot of Coraline - dolls looking like you tricks you into emprisonment.

[NAKOOT]

awesome Work! keep it up!

[Rori]

Beautiful video. And the story is also a little disturbing
Bravo!

[MikeYork]

Just watched it today and stumbled across it by looking up Rodrigo Blass. Great work man your lighting is really beautiful and made the whole animated short really shine.

[AdanVC]

How can i express my feelings after watching one of the most creative and fantastic shorts! BRAVO! i love it so much this short should win an oscar! the story it's so original! CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR TEAM.

[javiermolina]

I saw the short film many times. It' s amazing!




http://www.javierhmolina.blogspot.com

[vastril4o]

i <3 it, the story is crazy :D

[rock]

I thought such a beautiful short is humanly impossible. After watching it, I couldn't sleep with my lights off. :)

[cgaihaozhe]

cool , Great work !:applause:

[maikeru279]

I love this. Any chance we can see the wireframe for Alma?

[lyriclee]

Amazing work,great!!!:thumbsup:

[Mani]

:eek: Gr8 Man

[Maxmit]

one of the best mov and quality also superb.. amazing texturing and lighting work ..

like to see more short film...

[ra-gevz]

I'm usually a lurker here but this short film forced me to reply. :D

First, I would like to thank you for sharing this amazing masterpiece! It's been so long since I last saw a short film that made me stay awake the whole night because of its brilliance! I'm currently on the preprod of a personal project, a short film also. Lately, it feels as if I'm losing all sorts of motivation to proceed. This film made my desire burn a hundred times more than it did before! Thank you.

Secondly, I really love every bit of it! Art style, mood, lighting, sound, and ofcourse the story. Every detail was related to one another. Even the wall full of names where Alma wrote the title. Such incredible attention to detail! The creepy window design, the lady doll with a creepy smile, the bicycle riding doll banging itself on the door, the other dolls, the rotating platform where the dolls stood up, the twin dolls, the snowy window glass that ignites curiosity, I can go on and on with these... :D

The animation was solid! I like the subtle movements of Alma. Her facial expressions, hand gestures, cute walk with her short legs, head and hand accents and ofcourse, her very convincing childlike character. Your animation reminded me of my favorite Pixar animations mixed with Gobelins' superb shorts. Top notch indeed.

After I watched the film I was staring blankly in an open space and thinking, "How would the other children look like before they became dolls?" Especially the twin dolls with one of them having one eye blinded and the new doll standing on the rotating platform. I'm also thinking if the lady doll has a human counterpart. And also the doll on a bicycle... So much to ponder about this film! :D

Again, Thanks for sharing! :P Please make another one!

~Ronald A. G.

[DesignPro]

This is really good!! And the little girl is so cute. Totally love her!! Hope you can make more. Good luck!!

[renganathan]

i saw the short film. it was amazing. have u done the key frame animation in max software.

[SatanDancing]

Enjoyed watching this, good luck guys.:cool:

[Qwertyjuice]

Just watched this and thought it was wonderful. I love the variety of all the different dolls and something about it reminded me of my childhood. The lighting, music and design are all wonderful. Bravo!

[saleja]

woohoo!!! creepy .....

awesome work..

[Branko]

So appealing, very nice work indeed.

[carloscarriles]

Impresionante , chavales!!

It's about everything. I'm deeply amazed on how incredibly well you've done this beautiful-like-a-precious-gem and precise-like-a-swedish-clock piece of work!! Narratively speaking it could stand by its own as a classic short film, even if it was not 3D, because of the strengh of its script writing. Alfred Hitchcock-type suspense moments are superb, like that one where you build up the tension by showing a close up of the cycling toy hitting itself repeatidly against the closed door, with Alma out of focus trying to reach the doll at the background... all wrapped-up by an incredible music score and superb sound FX. I'm going to watch it again, just in case I learn something and someday can come close to do something as good as this!

En otras palabras... a ver si se me pega algo... ;)

[Phantom-FR]

Great work, i love the spiral floor, but don't understand why we don't see a girl that looks like the puppet when the camera goes out the store..this would have increased the spiral (not the floor).
Beautiful.

[s4m-089]

i like the story and the animation....funny model:applause:

[Intars5d]

Creepy and cool. I especially liked that shot with that little doll-man on bike, who repeatedly crushes into door. Very beautiful and good job done

[airun71]

...Alfred Hitchcock-type suspense moments are superb, like that one where you build up the tension by showing a close up of the cycling toy hitting itself repeatidly against the closed door, with Alma out of focus trying to reach the doll at the background...

Indeed!
Well, even though I use to prefer happy endings, the perfect balance in this short is remarkable.
The "twilight zone" atmosphere also feels good.
Really outstanding work! Congratulations to all of the team! It must have been a great experience for all of you guys.
I wish I'd be part of such a good team myself someday...

Francesco

[PavelPetrenko]

Very good job! Love it! :applause:

[seedaicg]

I have seen the short flim. I like the style . beautiful screens and lovely character !
Great work!

[aak365]

Nice job.So cute.And I like story!:-)

[melica]

This is AMAZING!Congratulations!:bounce: :applause:

[davidrfloyd]

I saw Alma at SIGGRAPH 09 and it was my favorite part of the film festival. Moving and memorable and among the most beautiful pieces of CG art I've ever seen. Thank you for giving us more background info on the work!

[booksaga]

so delicious picture

[bahaa-saleh]

After all this posts,really can I add some support to this thread...?...I will try.
Honestly I did not like the idea at the first time, But yes this is true, do not ever...ever think to follow a puppet, Even if you like it, even if you see it's like you, even if you think that puppet can gave you what you seek.
Sadly what is happen to this little beautiful child and what will happen later...(I think),
Bat Who care,she is another number in a big list...or...this is another thing...?
I believe it's to be continue...
Supernatural idea...Amazing work...very powerful rendering and texturing...great concept and design.
Good Luke in your next projects.
Best regards

[LoveFest]

How did you achieve the pill balls (fuzz) on the her hat?

Outstanding work!

[shahnawaj007]

Brillent work i must saw can u plz give some tips for good render and light

[Ceetwo]

Amazing work.

[sindbad]

nice work
keep it up

[kamleshtalpada]

beautiful piece

[armocelu]

Excelent work:bowdown:

[shadowseve]

Outstanding work. Love the scene.

[Looli]

So cute .. I love it! :)

[pengjuncs]

I am also a fan of your!

[GarenMuln]

Wow, I can't think of any aspect of that project that wasn't just plain pro.

Outstanding work!

[mhalefor]

great work man! nice animation, model design and story line! 5 stars and congratz to all of you guys!

[lingeringlead]

You are very talented, I appreciate you sharing.

[cgraphics]

I agree with all posts, I like a lot, Awesome!

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[JavasBoy]

I like this video, to see from my first.

Really great.

[Karlous]

Wow, outstanding work right there. I realy love the concept and everything else is just amazing.

Congrats!

[Awira]

lol :applause:


Awesome!

&

So cute

[benipulp]

Wonderful!!! I love this work!!! :applause:

[seanrodrigues3dmonkey]

That is a beutiful film. I love how the store looks like a monster. The acting is top notch. I hope you are making another film.

Sean

[cg-cnu]

wow....amazing. Waiting to see it as a movie.

[Shadowkath]

Cute, I like the design and thought behind it. The little girl is adorable.

[VLBrown]

Wow. As a student I'd have to say I couldn't have been more inspired. You have an amazing work on your hands, and congratulations on your amazing achievement. I'm going to share this with everyone I know.

[changiz]

Amazing work . . . :cool:

[oumarmelvin]

I would like to say I am inspired by this short story. :)